EMC Symmetrix Virtual Provisioning provides additional benefits beyond traditional “thin” provisioning, including simplified storage management and improved capacity utilization.   Symmetrix Virtual Provisioning enables you to present a large amount of capacity to a host, and then consume space only as needed from a shared pool. This improves TCO by reducing initial over-allocation of storage capacity, and simplifies management by reducing the steps required to support growth. 

Virtual Provisioning is tightly integrated with industry-leading Symmetrix business continuity and management software, including Symmetrix Management Console.